Hey everyone. I was told that if I wanted to use a tranny from a 1980's 123 " D CD TD " in my 1981-1985 SD 126. And all I had to do was swap out the tail piece to go from a mec speedo to a ele speedo. Now when I put the tail piece from my 300SD on the tranny from a 300D, and there was a small opening left. If I am facing the output shaft it was on the upper left hand side. Its about the size of a pencil around. I did not have a cam to take a pic . So I put the mec speedo tail pice back on and put tranny in the 300SD. I have been using my Tom Tom as a speedo. What is going on ? What should/can I do to fix this?
Thanks. Jay

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83 300TD Sable 402K " Work Truck "
81 300SD Gray 240K " Loner Car "
04 E320 Blue 90K " My Winter rig "
07 BMW X5 4.4 118K " My Summer rig"
04 Jetta TDI Wagon 168K " Wifes "
08 Toyota FJ 109K " Wifes winter rig "
04 Jetta TDI 120K " Daughters Car "

You must be looking at the oil squirter for the mechanical speedo gear.

The only thing I can think of is removing or looping back the oil jet and JB welding the hole.



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1983 123.133 California
- GreaseCar Veg System

Dont know if I trust JB Weld..... And yes it looked like it was for fluid.
Jay

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83 300TD Sable 402K " Work Truck "
81 300SD Gray 240K " Loner Car "
04 E320 Blue 90K " My Winter rig "
07 BMW X5 4.4 118K " My Summer rig"
04 Jetta TDI Wagon 168K " Wifes "
08 Toyota FJ 109K " Wifes winter rig "
04 Jetta TDI 120K " Daughters Car "

So has anyone had the same problem as me? I'm sure someone has been forced to use a 123 tranny in a 126...
Thanks.Jay

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83 300TD Sable 402K " Work Truck "
81 300SD Gray 240K " Loner Car "
04 E320 Blue 90K " My Winter rig "
07 BMW X5 4.4 118K " My Summer rig"
04 Jetta TDI Wagon 168K " Wifes "
08 Toyota FJ 109K " Wifes winter rig "
04 Jetta TDI 120K " Daughters Car "